cross-grained English

Meaning cross-grained meaning

What does cross-grained mean?

cross-grained

— adjective (= contrarious) difficult to deal with

— adjective (= curly-grained) of timber; having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallel

Synonyms cross-grained synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as cross-grained?

cross-grained English » English

wavy-grained

perverse

peevish

curly-grained

contrarious

wicked

venomous

venomed

torsion ribbon

stubborn

refractory

petulant

ornery

obstinate

intractable

ill-natured

hard to please

fastidious

catty

cattish

bitchy

beastly